Special Shoes
Among the collection there are some special shoes with special stories.
One sad grandparent donated two sets of shoes – a pair for a girl with a girl’s name tucked inside and one for a boy with a boy’s name tucked inside. She related that her grandchild was aborted and these were the names that had been selected for the child.
One anonymous donor left a single antique shoe with a hand written note...
Another grandparent donated a pair of shoes from her living grandchild. The grandparent's daughter became pregnant while receiving radiation for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She chose to discontinue the chemo therapy and all treatment in order to save the child's life, against her doctor's advice to abort the baby. This young mother died when the baby was nine months old...
Another notable donation was a shoe for a handicapped child with a brace...
Other shoes simply stand out...
Some shoes traveled great distances...
Sometimes shoes arrive with a soleful message...
...or with a letter explaining their symbolic ties...
Others are laced with years of history...
Still others arrive in packs with their eyes on heeling...
One sad grandparent donated two sets of shoes – a pair for a girl with a girl’s name tucked inside and one for a boy with a boy’s name tucked inside. She related that her grandchild was aborted and these were the names that had been selected for the child.
One anonymous donor left a single antique shoe with a hand written note...
Another grandparent donated a pair of shoes from her living grandchild. The grandparent's daughter became pregnant while receiving radiation for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She chose to discontinue the chemo therapy and all treatment in order to save the child's life, against her doctor's advice to abort the baby. This young mother died when the baby was nine months old...
Another notable donation was a shoe for a handicapped child with a brace...
Other shoes simply stand out...
Some shoes traveled great distances...
Sometimes shoes arrive with a soleful message...
...or with a letter explaining their symbolic ties...
Others are laced with years of history...
Still others arrive in packs with their eyes on heeling...
It's all too impressive and too emotional, this entire idea touched me. You should get an award for such an original and well targeted post.
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This so touching. I was impressed by the antique shoes. Donors of these cute shoes are blessed.
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So touching and sentimental
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